Question

What do you mean by adulteration of food? Give two examples of adulterants added to food items.

Answer 1

In order to earn more profits, cheaper substances of low quality are mixed with the food items. These substances are called adulterants and adding them to foodstuffs is called adulteration of food.
Adulterants may even be poisonous or harmful to health. Such adulterated food is impure and harmful and so unfit for consumption.
For example:
Adultrants like urea, water, starch are added to milk.
Brick powder, powdered pumpkin are added to Chilli powder.
Papaya seeds are added to Pepper corns.
Washing soda, paper pulp are added to Ice cream.
Small white stones are added to rice.
Reddish pebbles/stones are added to Peanuts.